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EN 1.4859 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7729 Steel

Both EN 1.4859 stainless steel and EN 1.7729 steel are iron alloys. They have 47% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4859 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7729 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 140
500
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210
750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
3.8
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.2
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 88
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
59

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
4.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 91
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110
1500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.4
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
27

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.015 to 0.080
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.020
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.15
0.17 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
0.9 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 40.3 to 49
94.8 to 97
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.35 to 0.75
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 31 to 33
0 to 0.2
Niobium (Nb), % 0.5 to 1.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 1.5
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.070 to 0.15
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.6 to 0.8